New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday welcomed the announcement made by Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat that the Indian Armed Forces will thank the COVID-19 frontline workers in a unique way.
“I welcome the announcements by the Chief of Defence Staff today. India has waged a strong fight against COVID-19 due to courageous frontline warriors who have cared and cured many,” PM Modi tweeted.
“Our Armed Forces have always kept the nation safe. Even in times of disasters, they are out there helping people. Now, our Forces are, in a unique way, saying a big thank you to our frontline COVID-19 warriors for their endeavour towards making India COVID-19 free,” he added.
Our Armed Forces have always kept the nation safe. Even in times of disasters, they are out there helping people. Now, our Forces are, in a unique way, saying a big thank you to our frontline COVID-19 warriors for their endeavour towards making India COVID-19 free.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 1, 2020
The Indian Armed forces will conduct fly-pasts, light up ships at sea and shower petals on hospitals in an elaborate display on Sunday.
While the Air Force will do a flypast each from Dibrugarh to Kutch and Srinagar to Trivandrum, the Navy will light up its ships. Army musical bands, meanwhile, will perform outside COVID-19 hospitals in almost all the districts.
“We (wish to) convey our gratitude to each and every corona warrior and all the citizens of our nation. On May 3 there will be some special activities as a gesture of special gratitude by all three forces,” General Bipin Rawat said.
“The nation stood together, it showed resilience to overcome this crisis. In our country, everybody understands that when it comes to the nation we have to stand together,” he added.
